Window-shade guide



Nov. 17,1925. 1,562,192 C. E. ROWE WINDGW SHADE GUIDE Filed Feb. 18. 1924 6X IIWENTOR, I

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CHARLES ROWE, OF NEAR DAYTON, OHIO.

WINDOW-SHADE GUIDE.

Application filed February 18, 1924. Serial No. 693,460.

To all wk am it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. ROWE, a citizen of the United States, residing near the city of Dayton, in the county of Monti gomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Guides, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in window-shade guides.

It is one of the principal objects of my invention to provide for window shades, ferrule guides that maybe easily applied to a pole to maintain the shade in a true and' proper position during its up and down movement and thereby protect it from 1nury.

When a window shade is drawn up andv down, it frequently occurs, Where no guide is provided, that the shade will run diagonally into contact with the pole brackets, which will tear or unravel it. My guides, which are simple in construction and are easily applied to the pole, make the shade run true at all times, thus protecting it from injury when it is raised and lowered.

It is another object of my invention to provide a shade guide in the form of a split ferrule which may be easily adjusted along the pole to accommodate shades of diflerent justment in its ability to conform to poles of different diameters. And by virtue of its open slot, it may be adjusted to fit shades already attached to poles.

It is still another object of my invention to provide for shades, a ferrule guide which contains in its flange portion opposite its open slot, a V-notch which permits the metal to act as a hinge to allow the ferrule to expand.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a window shade attached to a pole on which my ferrules are placed to guide the vertical movement of the shade. Figure 2 is a rear side view of the split ferrule, showing how the shade is secured thereto. Figure 3 is perspective view of the split ferrule, showing the V notch in its flange portion. And Figure 4 is a perspective view of a non-slotted ferrule.

widths. It is also capable of another ad- Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates a shade or curtain pole to which there is tacked or otherwise secured, the upper end of a blind or shade 2. For the purpose of causing this shade to run true when it is raised and lowered, there is secured to the pole 1 two ferrules 3, 3. Each ferrule, while it may be integral as shown in Figure 4, is preferably provided with a longitudinal slot 4 which extends, parallel with its axis, through its curved face and a wide integral flange 5 on its outer end. 'By virtue of the open slot 4, the ferrules may be applied to poles of different diameters for adjustment along them to positions to snugly engage shades of different widths. i

Diametrically opposite the open slot 4 in each ferrule, there is formed in its flange 5, a V-notch 6 which permits the ferrule to be freely expanded without crimping or pinching the material of which it is made. This may be aluminum, brass, steel or other suitable material from which stampings are easily formed. The V-notch thus provides an opening through which its sides are free to move toward each other when the slot 4 in the ferrule is widened. The notch thus permits the metal to act as a hinge to allow the ferrule to expand without crimping it.

The ferrules are easily and firmly applied to the shade on the pole, by slipping the up per side edges of said shade through the open slots 4 in the ferrules to points where the flanges 5 on the latter snugly engage the side edges of the shade. (See Figures 1 and 2.) Then, when the shade is raised or lowered, those flanges will act as guides to cause the shade to run straight so that there is no danger of it contacting with the pole brackets or other projections that would. tear or unravel it.

It will thus be seen that I have provided simple and efiicient means that may be adjusted to blinds, shades or curtains of dif' ferent widths on poles of varying diameters, to guide them aright when they are raised or lowered. I

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A guide for a shade attached to a pole,

flange on one end, and adapted tobe slipped ne en nd n axial opening extending over said pole until a side edge of the shade through it and the flange, the latter being projects through its split portion into enformed opposite said opening with a V notch 10 gagement with said flange for the purpose for the purpose specified. 5 ifi d, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 2. A'guide for a shade attached to a pole, y hand this 16th day 'ya 1924- consisting of a ferrule having a flange on 7 CHARLES E. ROWE. 

